Amy Winehouse: 1983-2011

Police officers are seen outside the home of British singer Amy Winehouse in north London, Saturday, July, 23, 2011. Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.

Police forensic officers are seen outside the home of British pop singer Amy Winehouse in north London, Saturday, July, 23, 2011. Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.

British singer and filmmaker Reg Traviss looks on as a member of the public passes to lay flowers near a police cordon by Camden Square, close to the home of British singer Amy Winehouse, who was found dead, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Traviss and Winehouse are known to have a close relationship. The cause of death was not immediately known, and London Ambulance Services said Winehouse had died before the two ambulance crews arrived at the scene.

Amy Winehouse performs on stage during her concert in Belgrade, Serbia on June 18, 2011. Winehouse later cancelled her European comeback tour after she swayed and slurred her way through barely recognizable songs in her first show in the Serbian capital. Booed and jeered off stage, she flew home and her management said she would take time off to recover.

British police say they found the singer dead at her home in London on Saturday, July 23, 2011. She was 27 years old.

British singer Amy Winehouse uses her mobile phone as she arrives at Belgrade airport for the start of her European comeback tour on June 18, 2011. British police say the 27-year-old singer was found dead at her home in London on Saturday, July 23, 2011.

A rep for Amy Winehouse confirmed the singer checked into the Priory Clinic treatment facility "on doctors' advice," on May 27, 2011. The "Rehab" singer" wanted to be ready for performances in Europe this summer and decided to seek an assessment. Winehouse, 27, also sought treatment in January 2008.

Amy Winehouse is seen in the November 2010 issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine. Winehouse was discovered by soul singer Tyler James at the age of 16 and in 2003, her debut album "Frank" was released, to general acclaim. Her second album, "Back to Black," was released in October 2006, and reached the No. 1 spot. The album's hit single "Rehab," with the prescient line: "They tried to make me go to rehab. I said 'no, no, no"' has been called the anthem of celebrity trash culture.

British singer Amy Winehouse has a cigarette outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, July 23, 2009, where she was charged with assault over claims she hit a fan at the End Of Summer Ball in London, on Sept. 25, 2008. She pleaded not guilty.

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British singer Amy Winehouse arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court, in west London, on March 17, 2009. The troubled singer pleaded not guilty to assaulting a woman at a charity ball last year - and appeared in sunnier form than in recent times.

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Amy Winehouse performs live on the V stage during Day Two of V Festival 2008 at Hylands Park on Aug. 17, 2008, in Chelmsford, England.

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Amy Winehouse shot to fame with the album "Back to Black," whose blend of jazz, soul, rock and classic pop was a global hit. It won five Grammys and made Winehouse - with her black beehive hairdo and old-fashioned sailor tattoos - one of music's most recognizable stars.

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Few celebrities can match Amy Winehouse when it comes to self-destructive behavior. The troubled English rocker acknowledged a drinking problem, and there have also been reports of cutting. She has "crisscross scars and scatches" up and down her left arm, People magazine reported. And a video showed Winehouse scratching her exposed midriff with a shard of broken mirror.

Amy Winehouse reportedly hurled a plate of spaghetti bolognese at the wall of her hotel room in Munich, Germany, in 2007, and allegedly racked up $18,000 worth of damage to her room at the Sanderson Hotel in London two months earlier, after a fight with then-husband Blake Fielder-Civil. She also reportedly caused $6,000 worth of damage at London's Rivington Plaza Hotel in 2008, allegedly littering the floor with cigarette butts and champagne bottles, and staining the tub with black hair dye.

On April 26, 2008, Winehouse was cautioned by police after she slapped a man in the face. It wouldn't be the only time her temper would get the better of her. On March 5, 2009, she was arrested and charged with common assault after a woman claimed Winehouse hit her in the eye at a September 2008 event; she was found not guilty of the charge. On Dec. 19, 2009, she was arrested again after she assaulted a theater manager after he asked her to leave a family Christmas show because she had too much to drink. She was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay court costs and compensation to the man she attacked.

British singer Amy Winehouse performs with British band The Specials for a rendition of "Ghost Town" at the V Festival in Chelmsford, England on Aug. 22, 2009.

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British singer Amy Winehouse reacts as she arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Tuesday, March 17, 2009, where she faces a charge of common assault over an incident at a charity ball. Winehouse, 25, is accused of assaulting a female fan who tried to take her picture in London's Berkeley Square on Sept. 26, 2008.

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British singer Amy Winehouse arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Tuesday, March 17, 2009, where she faced a charge of common assault over an incident at a charity ball.

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British singer Amy Winehouse is assisted as she leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Tuesday, March 17, 2009, where she pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault, over an incident at a charity ball.

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British singer Amy Winehouse performs at the 46664 charity concert in honor of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday in London, June 27, 2008.

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British singer Amy Winehouse performs at the 46664 charity concert in honour of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday in London, Friday, June 27, 2008.

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The wax figure of British singer Amy Winehouse is unveiled at Madame Tussauds in central London, Wednesday July 23, 2008.

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British singer Amy Winehouse is escorted up th estairs at a police station in London, Friday, April 25, 2008. She voluntarily appeared to be questioned and later was arrested in connection with an alleged assault that took place in the north London neighborhood of Camden.

Amy Winehouse performs on the Pyramid Stage during day two of the Glastonbury music Festival, near Glastonbury, England on June 28, 2008.

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British singer Amy Winehouse, right, arrives at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London, June 2, 2008, where her husband Blake Fielder-Civil is appearing on charges of perverting the course of justice and assault.

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Singer Amy Winehouse, left, is joined by her mother Janis after receiving the award for record of the year for "Rehab" at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, in Los Angeles. Having been refused entrance to the United States, Winehouse appeared via satellite from London. Photos: Grammy winners

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Amy Winehouse performs live via satellite in London at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, in Los Angeles.

British singer Amy Winehouse leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court in London after the hearing of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil on Jan. 18, 2008. Fielder-Civil is in court charged with grievous bodily harm and preventing the course of justice.

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British pop singer Amy Winehouse walks through the mud to the Pyramid stage with an unidentified friend, as she prepares to perform at the Glastonbury music festival, in Pilton, Somerset, in south-west England, June 22, 2007.

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Amy Winehouse leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court, in east London, Nov. 23, 2007. Her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, returned to court charged with trying to bribe a pub landlord to drop an assault claim. Fielder-Civil later pleaded guilty to assaulting barman James King and then offering him $400,000 to keep quiet about it. The couple, who were married in May 2007, divorced in 2009.

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Amy Winehouse talks to her father Mitch Winehouse at the Nationwide Mercury Prize Awards at Grosvenor House on Sept 4, 2007, in London, England.

Amy Winehouse performs during the the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 at the Olympiahalle on Nov, 1, 2007 in Munich, Germany.

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Singer Amy Winehouse performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Arganda del Rey, on the outskirts of Madrid, July 4, 2008. British police say singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London on Saturday, July 23, 2011. The singer was 27 years old.

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Singer/Songwriter Amy Winehouse and director Quentin Tarnatino spose backstage at the Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards at the O2 Arena, Greenwich on Sept. 19, 2007 in London, England.

British singer Amy Winehouse poses for photographs after being interviewed by The Associated Press at a studio in north London, Feb. 16, 2007. British police say singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London on Saturday, July 23, 2011. The singer was 27 years old.

British singer Amy Winehouse poses for photographs after being interviewed by The Associated Press at a studio in north London on Feb. 16, 2007.The beehived soul-jazz diva, whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.